Defendants sold crack from an East Caswell Street residence

Published: Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 01:18 PM.

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ELIZABETH CITY – Five men engaged in selling crack from an East Caswell Street boarding house received their sentence in federal court Thursday.

A sixth man picked up a sentence for an unregistered firearm.

An investigation between August 2011 and April 2012 determined a residence in the 300 block of East Caswell Street was known as a crack house and used for distribution and use of the product.

According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, four different law enforcement officers bought crack from four different dealers eight times.

Eric Dion Latham, 31, Brentwood, N.Y., received a sentence of 25 years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute a quantity of cocaine base, distribution and aiding and abetting distribution of a cocaine base, using and carrying and aiding and abetting using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Untez Devon Lloyd, 22, Kinston, picked up a sentence of 15 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for two counts of distribution of a quantity of a cocaine base.

Michael Alphonso Pollard, 36, Hookerton, received four years in prison with three years of supervised release for two counts of distribution of a quantity of cocaine base.

ELIZABETH CITY – Five men engaged in selling crack from an East Caswell Street boarding house received their sentence in federal court Thursday.

A sixth man picked up a sentence for an unregistered firearm.

An investigation between August 2011 and April 2012 determined a residence in the 300 block of East Caswell Street was known as a crack house and used for distribution and use of the product.

According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, four different law enforcement officers bought crack from four different dealers eight times.

Eric Dion Latham, 31, Brentwood, N.Y., received a sentence of 25 years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute a quantity of cocaine base, distribution and aiding and abetting distribution of a cocaine base, using and carrying and aiding and abetting using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Untez Devon Lloyd, 22, Kinston, picked up a sentence of 15 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for two counts of distribution of a quantity of a cocaine base.

Michael Alphonso Pollard, 36, Hookerton, received four years in prison with three years of supervised release for two counts of distribution of a quantity of cocaine base.

James Henry Strong, 31, Grifton, also received four months in prison with three years of supervised release for two counts each of distribution and aiding and abetting distribution of a cocaine base.

James Thomas Strong, 62, Grifton, claimed a sentence of three years and one month in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession of an unregistered firearm.

Jeremy Tyrone Strong, 34, Grifton, picked up a sentence of a year and nine months in prison along with three years of supervised release for distribution and aiding and abetting distribution of a cocaine base.

The investigation was conducted by the Kinston Department of Public Safety, Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office, state Alcohol Law Enforcement, the State Bureau of Investigation, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. Marshal’s Service.

U.S. District Judge Terrence W. Boyle handed down the sentences, and the case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Leslie Cooley and Toby Lathan.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve West pursued a civil case to seize the residence in the investigation.

Wes Wolfe can be reached at 252-559-1075 and Wes.Wolfe@Kinston.com. Follow him on Twitter @WolfeReports.